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It is available in print at participating locations in Marion.
Rifle Deer Season is in full swing. Grab a copy at one of our participating location, or check out this electronic issue to get all of the news about local hunting opportunities.
On the cover is Fredonia trophy hunter Kevin Chambliss with his 2021 buck that won the Marion Big Buck Contest sponsored by Marion Tourism and Recreation Commission and Hodge's Outdoor Sports.
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Pictured are Rocket football coach Gaige Courtney, CCHS Principal Dr. Melissa Quertermous and CCHS Athletic Director Bryan Qualls with a plaque presented to the school last weekend.
Read more about this honor and why CCHS earned it in next week's full edition of The Crittenden Press.
Highway 60 in Salem was closed for about three hours overnight as firemen worked to put out a blaze that erupted at workshop.
The highway through Salem reopened about 4 a.m., but water from fire trucks had frozen on the pavement making it slick. Caution is urged in that location on the east edge of Salem near the hospital.
Crittenden County Chamber of Commerce will host one of its routine Leadership Breakfast events staring at 7 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 16 at Rocket Arena.
The event is being sponsored by H&H Home and Hardware and local educator and former U.S. Army Ranger Denis Hodge will be the guest speaker.
Tickets are $15 per person.
Hunters are pouring into the county, which is one of the top destinations for deer gunners in Kentucky.
This week's full edition of The Crittenden Press examines some trends in deer hunting and recent harvest data, and we take a look at what outdoorsmen can expect this weekend when they take to the field.
Grab this week's Press at newsstands in Marion, Salem and Fredonia. And good luck finding a big buck!
Crittenden Elementary School students will be performing songs, the CCHS band will perform and student artwork from each school will be displayed. Additionally, VFW representatives will be on hand to announce winners of the annual Patriot Pen essay contest.
The event is open to the public.
Also, Fredonia will mark the day at 11:11am at its Veterans Memorial. Bring a lawn chair to enjoy the service.
Crittenden County has 542 veterans living this community, according to the U.S. Census.
Thank you for serving and God bless America!
Percent of Crittenden residents that are veterans: 7.8% (542 veterans)
Living Veterans by war based on 2020 Census:
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Crittenden County Board of Elections has investigated a complaint filed this morning against a local candidate, but no infraction was found.
Election officials were notified that Don Young, the Democratic candidate for sheriff, was in the parking lot of Deer Creek Church doing excavation work that was reportedly contracted recently to his construction business. Deer Creek Church is an official polling place.
Members of the local election board, county clerk and sheriff have investigated the complaint.
In Kentucky, electioneering is prohibited within 100 feet from a polling place. Officials measured the distance Young and another crew member and their equipment were from the front door of the polling place. It measured about 140 feet. The equipment did not have the candidate's name on it.
Young is running against Republican candidate Evan Head, who lives not too far from Deer Creek Church.
Donna Girten, chairman of the Crittenden County Republican Party, said that a formal complaint was also filed with the Kentucky Attorney General’s Voter Fraud and Integrity Hotline. While Girten concedes that the candidate is outside of the 100-foot distance required by law, she says it’s a questionable situation.
“He may very well be within the range of legalities, but that doesn’t make it right or ethical,” Girten said.
"It's kind of weird," said City Water Plant Manager Jeff Black, who points out that last weekend's precipitation totaled about one-half inch in the gauge outside of the treatment plant. He said it didn't seem to rain that much, but runoff from the lake's nearly-2,000-acre watershed helped fill it up.
Old City Lake, where Marion is getting almost all of its raw water these days, has risen to near the top of the dam.
"It's almost spilling over," Black said.
When the old lake spills over the dam, it's great news for Marion residents. That means there is ample supply of raw water in the system.
Right now, Marion is getting about two-thirds of its daily drinking water from Crittenden-Livingston Water District. The city is making the rest at its plant, which is only running a few days a week.
Crittenden County's PVA office will be closing at noon today, Tuesday, No. 8.
ELECTION DAY - Polls are open 6am to 6pm
If you have questions about the upcoming election, call the clerk’s office at 270-965-3403.
After the polls close, Crittenden County Courthouse will be open until final totals are reported.
The Crittenden Press will be reporting from the courthouse with a live feed on YouTube and Facebook starting about 6 pm.
Crittenden County will have a daytime closing of Zion Cemetery Road in the western part of the county beginning Monday, Nov. 14 and lasting through Friday Nov. 18.
The five-day road closure will be from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., daily and will be necessary for repair work to the road beginning at the Livingston County line for approximately two miles back toward Levias Road.
Due to the size of the equipment being used for this repair it will not allow for passing vehicles during the work day.
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